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136 Copy quote. Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation. Jefferson Davis. Character, Foundation, Weak Spots. 120 Copy quote. A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever.
Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southerner apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance. Jefferson Davis. War, Sadness, Defense. A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever. Jefferson Davis. Law, Forever, Civil War. John Joseph Craven, Jefferson Davis, Edward K. Eckert (1987).
“"Fiction Distorting Fact": The Prison Life, Annotated by Jefferson Davis”, p.19, Mercer University Press Your little army, derided for its want of arms, derided for its lack of all the essential material of war, has met the grand army of the enemy, routed it at every point, and now it flies, inglorious in retreat before our victorious columns.
We are not fighting for slavery. We are fighting for Independence. Jefferson Davis. War, Fighting, Night. African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing. Jefferson Davis. Blessing, Political, United States. Let the gentleman go to Revelation to learn the decree of God - let him go to the Bible
13 Copy quote. It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires. Jefferson Davis. Children, Virtue, Duty. Jefferson Davis (1923). “Jefferson Davis, constitutionalist: his letters, papers, and speeches”. 12 Copy quote.
Jefferson Davis. Tombstone, Soldier, Constitution. Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If the States had not united together, there would have been no obligation on adjoining States to regard any species of property ...
4 Copy quote. Pray excuse me. I cannot take it. Jefferson Davis. War, Praying, Excuse. 4 Copy quote. How idle is this prating about natural rights as though still containing all that had been forfeited. Jefferson Davis. Rights, Natural, Idle.
Jefferson Davis' speech, 1858. Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the great and good who now cluster around the banner of the country, there exists no purer spirit, no more heroic soul, than that of the illustrious man whose death I join you in ...
Quotes › Authors › J › Jefferson Davis › My own convictions as to negro... My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's Book and God's Laws, in nature, tell us to recognize him - our inferior, fitted expressly for servitude...You cannot transform the negro into ...
Jefferson Davis (1876). “Scotland & the Scottish People: An Address Delivered in the City of Memphis, Tennessee, on St. Andrew's-Day, 1875” The authors of all our misfortune.